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and procuring for the improver that appreciation 

 and credit for iraprovement which belongs to him 

 and which is his due. 



THE VALUE OR PROFITS OF PLANTING. 



I have endeavored to point out some of the advan- 

 tages derived from planting evergreen trees in bleak, 

 exposed situations, their usefulness in regard to pro- 

 tection and shelter, and their adaptation to orna- 

 mental purposes. Those advantages are real and 

 unmistakable, and must be sought for in the addi- 

 tional comfort and pleasure imparted to every-day 

 life. 



On the improvement of the climate, in the beauty 

 of the landscape, and on the additional value con- 

 ferred on the immediate neighborhood. This sort 

 of value cannot be easily estimated by any general 

 rules ; but, I think, capital employed in this way, 

 and for such purposes that I have here pointed out, 

 may be considered as likel}', in the end, to be as re- 

 munerative as other horticultural or agricultural 

 pursuits, — as purchasers of such places, thus im- 

 proved, will easily foresee the increase of value 

 which vnV. arise from such improvements, and its 

 attractive ornamental appearance. 



L THE monmNG giiOry, and marvel 



OF PERU. 



BY CHRONICLER. 



The name Morning Glory is given it by its bloom- 

 ing only in the mornings, and its generic name 

 Convolvulus^ is derived from its habit of rolling it^ 

 blooms together in the heat of the day; its real name 

 is Convolvulus major. There are many species or va- 

 rieties of it, whose bl oras are of all shades of blue, 

 and all shades of red from pale pink to crimson, one 

 is pure white, faintly ribbed with pale lilac, the ribs 

 of the others are darker than their groui ds. When 

 all are growing together and their blooms expanded 

 in promiscuous profusion, they make a most splen- 

 did show, enough to draw every sluggard from his 

 kennel. The seeds are sown in spring, and the 

 plants or vines twine up upon strings, wires or poles, 

 and bloom four months ir, the year ; if they get wa- 

 terings in hot, dry weather and all the seeds cut off 

 as they form. 



The name Marvel of Ferity is derived from its 

 real name MirahiUs Jalapa and from its marvelous 

 habit of blooming in the nights and not in the day, 

 it is called " Four-0' Clock " frou its blooms begin- 

 ning to open at 4 or 5 o'clock in the evenings, and 

 they close up at 8 o'clock in the mornings. There 

 are three species ; one has crimson blooms, one is 

 yellow, and one of white blooms. There are at least 

 three variegated varieties ; one has blooms of crim- 



son, beautifully blotched with pure white, one has 

 blooms of yellow and white mixed, and one has 

 blooms with white grounds superbly spotted and 

 striped with scarlet crimson. 



The three species or " selfs " look best when 

 planted promiscuously in large clumps, and make a 

 fine varieg ited show. The variegated varieties are 

 most admired when growing singly in borders close 

 to walks, as their matchless markings are more 

 clearly seen. As Convolvulus . \s the glory of the 

 mornings, so MirahiUs is the delight of the even- 

 ings. The seeds of the Marvel of Peru, are sown in 

 spring, thickly in drills and transplanted when the 

 young plants are two inches high, each plant will 

 grow as large as a daily rose bush, so in planting in 

 clumps they are set thirty inches apart each way. 

 Although they bloom three months in the year from 

 the seeds sown in spring, their roots grow as large 

 as fall radishes and nearly in the same form, and if 

 dug up before hard frost and kept in boxes among 

 dry -and or soil in a cellar, all winter, and planted 

 out after hard frosts are over in April ; they will 

 bloom earlier and longer. 



The blooms of both Convolvulus and MirahiUs 

 are extremely beautiful and profuse, the former is 

 a vine, the latter a bush ; they are doub y interesting 

 when growing in close proximity, owing to their 

 blooming at different times of the day, but on rainy 

 and cloudy days, they both bloom on until noon. 

 They seem as if ordained to illuminate the darkness 

 of night and dispel the gloom of day, to give joy to 

 sorrow and mirth to sadness. 



PEAR BLIGHT -ITS CAUSES AND 

 PREVENTION. 



BY MR. P. J. BERCKMANS, AUGUSTA, GA. 



Editor of the G'lrdeners'' Monthly : I published 

 in the Southern Cultivator^ June, 1860, the follow- 

 ing remarks : — 



"The cellular or utricular tissue, may be consider- 

 ed as the basis of veg;etable organization ; not only 

 does it constitute a part of the composition of all 

 parts of a plant, but it is the origin of all modifica- 

 tions of the elementary tissue which constitutes the 

 organs of vegetables. Being examined with a mi- 

 croscope, this tissue shows itself composed of utricu- 

 les of different forms, but attached to each other 

 and forming a continued mass ; these utricules have 

 communications with each other by invisible pores, 

 and are filled with a liquid commonly called sap. 

 The tree or plant, in its normal state, has its func- 

 tions of vitality performed upon the same principles 

 as the animal ; by any sudden cause, such as over- 

 feeding, or its reverse, starvation, the economy is 

 destroyed and disease or death is produced. 



